You Are the Light Behind the Glass
You catch your reflection in the dark window and the face staring back feels like a stranger's. The eyes look tired, foreign, as if you are wearing skin that does not fit.
It is the quiet horror of feeling like an impostor in your own life. But remember—the kingdom is inside you, not in the glass.
What you are looking for has already come, but you do not recognize it because you are searching for a face instead of a presence. The light was there before the reflection formed, and it will be there after the glass goes dark.
You are not the image you cannot recognize. You are the light that makes the image visible.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 3, Gospel of Thomas 51
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